Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	let_v	lord_n	pray_v	4,592	5	5.9788	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92076	A sermon preached before His Grace the Kings Commissioner, at the three estates of Parliament, May the 25th, 1690 By Gilbert Rule minister of the Gospel at Edinburgh.	Rule, Gilbert, 1629?-1701.	1690 (1690)	Wing R2227; ESTC R232140	12,050	23

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